Security Council Presidency
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • January 8, 2020
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With tensions becoming more and more serious in the Middle East and with two crucial leadership roles to play internationally, diplomats in Hanoi are probably working hard to make sure Vietnam’s big diplomatic month of January is a success….
- Categories: Asia, Security Council Presidency
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- Dulcie Leimbach and Stéphanie Fillion
- • December 6, 2019
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GLASGOW, Kentucky — “There’s no place like home for the holidays” is the United States’ theme for the Security Council presidency in December, while at the same time, in a slight contradiction, the US wants to tackle the problem…
- Categories: Security Council Presidency, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • November 7, 2019
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While Britain struggles to find an orderly way to exit the European Union after several years of attempting to do so, the country will highlight how other world problems affect ordinary people in its role as Security Council president…
- Categories: Security Council Presidency
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • October 9, 2019
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Jerry Matthews Matjila, South Africa’s point man at the United Nations, took the hot seat on the Security Council as its president for October with busy days now in sight. “There are 40 meetings already planned before we start…
- Categories: Africa, Peace and Security, Security Council Presidency
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • September 4, 2019
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Russia is president of the United Nations Security Council in September just as nearly 200 heads of state and government and even a prince or two will soon travel to New York City to attend the opening session of…
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • August 6, 2019
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Even though many people think of August as vacation time, Joanna Wronecka, Poland’s ambassador to the United Nations, is not taking off anytime soon, as she is presiding over the Security Council for the month. As the Security Council…
- Categories: Child Soldiers, Middle East, Security Council Presidency
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • July 2, 2019
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Peru, the second country after Colombia to accept the most refugees from Venezuela, has so far taken in 800,000 Venezuelans escaping their nation’s crushing economic and political crisis. But the Peruvian government has recently changed its travel requirements, asking migrants…
- Categories: Latin America, Security Council, Security Council Presidency
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • June 3, 2019
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Still, this small oil-rich Arab country has an agenda of its own that it wants to fulfill as it ends its last presidency on the Council — in probably decades — on a strong note. For June, Kuwait plans to…
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • May 2, 2019
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Indonesia, the world’s fourth-most populous country, just held what its top United Nations ambassador, Dian Triansyah Djani, calls the “world’s largest election ever held” for a presidency in such a short period of time. While ballots are still being…
- Categories: Asia, Security Council Presidency
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • April 9, 2019
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To try to show European unity before a key parliamentary election for the European Union in May, France and Germany teamed up for the United Nations Security Council presidencies in March and April, respectively. After the first stint by…
- Categories: Security Council, Security Council Presidency
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • March 4, 2019
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As a united front in the fight to preserve the European Union, France and Germany are about to gain a global audience. During March and April, their top United Nations ambassadors, François Delattre and Christoph Heusgen, will take turns —…
- Categories: Climate Change, Gender Violence, Security Council Presidency
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • February 4, 2019
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A trip by the United Nations Security Council to the Ivory Coast and Guinea-Bissau in West Africa to promote state sovereignty; a visit to the UN from one of Africa’s longest-serving head of state, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo;…
- Categories: Africa, Security Council Presidency
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • January 3, 2019
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Although the Dominican Republic has been a member of the United Nations since 1945, the country is making its debut on the Security Council this month — starting big, as the president in the rotating seat. It is the…
- Categories: Caribbean, Security Council Presidency
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • December 4, 2018
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The Ivory Coast holds the rotating presidency in December in the United Nations Security Council at a pivotal point in its membership in the world body. The West African country was elected to its current term in the Council…
- Categories: Africa, Security Council Presidency
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • November 4, 2018
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Welcome back to our monthly column, Security Council Presidency, providing insight into the United Nations Security Council member sitting in the rotating seat of the presidency every month and featuring a capsule of the country itself. The column kicked…
- Categories: Development, Security Council, Security Council Presidency
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